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Derry, [a] officially Londonderry, [b] [8] is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland [9] [10] and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. [11] The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle , which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge.
Adjoining the north-west shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,118 km 2 (818 sq mi) and today has a population of about 252,231. [2] Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by the state as part of the local administration.
Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four components of the United Kingdom in terms of both area and population, containing 2.9% of the total population and 5.7% of the total area of the United Kingdom. It is the smaller of the two political entities on the island of Ireland by area and population, the other being the Republic of Ireland.
This is a list of settlements in Northern Ireland by population. The fifty largest settlements are listed, based on data published by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), from the 2021 Census. [1] Settlements with city status are shown in bold. Districts are local government districts as established in April 2015. #
Limavady. Limavady (/ lɪməˈvædi /; from Irish Léim an Mhadaidh 'leap of the dog' [3]) is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop. Lying 17 miles (27 km) east of Derry and 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Coleraine, Limavady had a population of 11,279 people at the 2021 Census. [2]
It is located in the northwest of Northern Ireland and includes parts of counties Londonderry and Tyrone, and borders County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. [4] The district had a population of 150,836 in 2022. [2] The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008. Outside of Derry City the district is largely rural ...
Derry Urban Area. The Derry Urban Area ( Irish: Limistéar Uirbeach Dhoire) is the urban area that includes and surrounds the city of Derry in Northern Ireland, and is part of the Derry City and Strabane District Council area. It had a population of 93,512 in the 2001 census. It is the second-largest urban area in Northern Ireland (after ...
Towns in County Londonderry. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Populated places in County Londonderry. The NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) defines a town as having a population of 4,500 or more people (ref: Report of the Inter-Departmental Urban-Rural Definition Group – Statistical Classification and Delineation of Settlements ...